SWOT, PESTEL, and BCG Analysis of Cloudera Inc.

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Introduction
Cloudera Inc. is a software company based in the United States. It deals with data
warehousing, data engineering, machine learning, and analytics. It was formed in 2008 by three
engineers from yahoo, Google, and Facebook. Cloudera delivers the most current platform for
machine learning and analytics which are optimized for cloud. It helps people to access all their
data on one platform. This essay discusses the SWOT, PESTEL, and BCG analysis of Cloudera
Inc.
Cloudera SWOT analysis
SWOT analysis is an important tool that can be applied by Cloudera Company to carry
out the company’s situation analysis. It assists the company to identify its strengths, weakness,
opportunities, and threats.1 With SWOT analysis the company is able to identify internal
strategic factors which include strengths and weaknesses and external strategic factors like
opportunities and threats.
Strengths for Cloudera
Cloudera being among the leading companies in its sector, it has several strengths that
assist it in succeeding in the business world. The strengths helps Cloudera Inc. in protecting its
present market share as well as assisting it penetrate new markets.2 The strengths of Cloudera
include good returns on capital expenditure that they get through building new revenue streams.
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Cloudera has got a strong brand portfolio which is very helpful when the firm is venturing into
new product categories. Cloudera has reliable suppliers of raw materials hence enabling the firm
to overcome any supply chain bottleneck. Also, Cloudera Inc. has a strong dealer community
whereby it has established as strong culture among distributers and sellers that helps it in
promoting its products.
Threats facing Cloudera
Cloudera can be threatened by the new technologies that have been developed by its
competitors.3 Another threat is the low quality products and imitation of the counterfeit products
in the emerging business markets. In addition, new environmental regulations and continuous
change of consumer’s buying behavior may be a big threat to Cloudera.
Weakness for Cloudera
Weaknesses in Cloudera are areas where the company can improve on that may be
effective using the SWOT analysis. Some of the weaknesses of Cloudera are limited success out
of its core business.4 Another weakness is inefficient and inadequate financial planning, little
marketing of the product, and high day’s inventory compared to their competitors
Opportunities for Cloudera
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up-or-thumbs-down/>.